dfox, trogus, can you give us information about the success (or failure) of the new financing? I think a lot of us who care about this app are interested in this.

@dfox @trogus

They just added it. Give them at least a millisecond to test it out?

@ScribeOfGoD :D Yes. I already saw many people who had the badge, so i just wanted to ask. I consider buying it tomorrow.

@vortexman100 there seems to be a problem on the Apple end so if you using Apple is advise you to wait. Otherwise go for it :)

There is a supporter menu item where you can see the backers

@vortexman100 you can't really except them to tell you everything about how they run it man, they are kind enough to share technical behind the scenes with us, that doesn't mean they're gonna include us in the board of directors, you know what I mean. So chill and give them space to run and manage their creation. Peace

We don't have exact stats to give, but it's pretty transparent and you can calculate for yourself. We have the full supporter list available in the app, and if you add up the revenue from all those people and do the math subtracting Apple and Google's share, you can see how much we're bringing in.

And as for covering our costs, unfortunately it's not close yet, but combined with other sources it's getting there and we couldn't be happier with the awesome response from the community.

@dfox The second one is the important one. I am willing to support but only if there is a goal. I dont want to throw my money at you without knowing what for. If the goal is not yet reached, i will support you.

Aaaaand done.

@vortexman100 thanks!

We've been thinking about specifying an exact goal, but right now it's not really clear about an exact number. We're trying to begin by covering our costs so we can at least not be running out of money and be able to upgrade our infrastructure. Unfortunately we're not really close to that number yet, but the supporter program seems like it will make a really good dent and that's awesome.

Also, we don't want to make it seem like doom if we set a goal and didn't reach it - there's other ways we plan to monetize and we don't want to set arbitrary goals so I think that's why we'll avoid specifying exact numbers.